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Man dies in Tampa mobile home fire

firefighters battle a wildfire

A man is dead after his mobile home burned Saturday afternoon, Tampa Fire Rescue said.

Crews were called to the Jersey Mobile Home Park in the 100 block of East Linebaugh Ave in North Tampa about 4:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found flames coming from a single-wide mobile home.

A neighbor broke a window in an attempt to rescue the occupant, a man in his 60s, but was unsuccessful.

The neighbor received minor injuries and was taken to Tampa General Hospital to be treated.

The occupant was found dead inside the home. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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